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Senior Erin Slifer (South Carroll) had a career-high five goals to power No. 14 host Princeton (1-0) to a 10-8 victory over No. 11 Loyola Maryland (0-1) in women's lacrosse Saturday. Senior Erin McMunn (Winters Mill) added two goals. Taryn VanThof had three goals for the Greyhounds. More state women's lacrosse: Abby Wilson (Fallston) broke a 4-4 tie 10:27 into the second half, and host UMBC (1-2)held on for a 5-4 victory over Mount St. Mary's (0-1). The Retrievers scored four straight goals to take a 4-1 lead 27:17 into the game. ... Loren Generi scored five goals and Navy (3-1) used a second-half run to win, 16-11, over Davidson (1-1). The Mids outscored the Wildcats 9-5 in...

The NBA on Thursday released the second returns for its All-Star Game balloting, and Washington Wizards point guard John Wall remains the top vote-getter among Eastern Conference guards. Wall has garnered 439,395 votes, nearly 43,000 ahead of the Miami...

No. 7 Notre Dame made its argument Tuesday for why it still belongs in discussions about the best men's lacrosse team in NCAA Division I.
One day removed from falling out of the top spot in The Baltimore Sun's rankings, the Fighting Irish (7-2) rolled to...

When Billy Lynch first realized that Tandon Doss might allow his promising football career to implode, the Indiana assistant coach did not call the wide receiver into his office or even grab him by the facemask and stare him in the eyes.
Lynch took Doss,...

• Sources told Inside Lacrosse that the University of Michigan athletic department is preparing to announce the addition of men's and women's lacrosse programs, with the men's team to begin NCAA Division I play in time for the spring 2012 season, and...

There is that marvelous recruiting base that runs the length of the Baltimore-Washington corridor. There is the stunning arena, the Comcast Center, where kids — young men — get to play in a pro setting.
Now there is the tradition that Gary Williams...

Midwest is toughest
Dom Amore
Hartford Courant
The toughest? Louisville's Midwest. The Cardinals have Duke at No. 2, Michigan State at No. 3, Missouri at No. 9. Memphis, which tore through Conference USA, is a No. 6.
Next, I'd go with the East because...

American scored more than 40 points in each half Tuesday to beat visiting UMBC, 85-57, in women's basketball.
The Retrievers (3-4) took the lead 18 seconds into the game on a 3-pointer by Raven Harris. Thirty-five seconds later, Ashley Lambert made two...

The first real day of the NCAA tournament hasn't disappointed. We've seen a few close games, a couple of buzzer-beaters and one Cinderella step forward with a big upset. And I got paid to watch it all while eating chicken wings at Hightopps, so today...

Chances are your brackets are sufficiently busted after VCU knocked off Kansas on Sunday to set up a very unlikely Final Four. But with little bracket bias left, we can sit back and enjoy what should be an intriguing four-team tournament this weekend.
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Duke forward Justise Winslow doesn't understand the odium being directed at NRG Stadium, next year's Final Four host and the site of Sunday's South Regional final between No. 1 Duke and No. 2 Gonzaga.
Winslow, a Houston native, made three of four...

Notre Dame's march through March is picking up speed.
Demetrius Jackson scored 20 points and the third-seeded Irish dominated Wichita State, 81-70, in the Midwest Regional semifinals on Thursday night to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in...

Gonzaga was an upstart, one of those mid-major interlopers that pop up at NCAA tournament time to create havoc on your bracket. The private school from Spokane, Wash., that thought it could and almost did.
At least that's the way it was in 1999, when the...

After upsets galore on Thursday, the NCAA Tournament has arrived at the Sweet 16 without any small-conference Cinderellas. Fourteen of the teams that will be playing on the second weekend are from power conferences, led by a record-tying five teams...

PITTSBURGH – It was one of the most important days of Notre Dame coach Mike Brey’s professional career. His Irish were trying to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2003, a dubious distinction that had weighed on his program for 12 years.
But...

PITTSBURGH In front of nearly 16,000 fans at Consol Energy Center and millions more watching across the country Thursday afternoon, Butler University forward Andrew Chrabascz hammered away against the towering big men from the University of Texas and...

PITTSBURGH — There's a perception that has stuck to the Notre Dame program as long as coach Mike Brey has been there.
No, it isn't that the Irish always come up short in March.
It's that Notre Dame needs to make 3-pointers to win.
While the Irish are...